Clinical characteristics, prognostic factors, and outcomes of heat‐related illness (Heatstroke Study 2017–2018)
Acute Medicine & Surgery2020Vol. 7(1), pp. e516–e516
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Junya Shimazaki, Toru Hifumi, Keiki Shimizu, Yasutaka Oda, Jun Kanda, Yutaka Kondo, Shin‐ichiro Shiraishi, Shuhei Takauji, Kei Hayashida, Takashi Moriya, Masaharu Yagi, Junko Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Yokota, Shoji Yokobori, Masahiro Wakasugi, Arino Yaguchi, Yasufumi Miyake
Abstract
In this study, hospital mortality of heat-related illness was <5%, one-sixth of the patients had poor neurological outcome. The APACHE II, SOFA, and JAAM DIC scores predicted hospital mortality. Body temperature was not associated with mortality or poor neurological outcome.
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